Third Lesson第三课
The waitress served him the ice-cream and his bill. The boy ate his ice-cream, paid his bill at the cash counter and left.
When the waitress went to clean the table she began to cry… for there, in the corner of the plate, were 15 cents… her tip.
那服务员给他上了一份普通雪糕。那男孩吃完雪糕后，在柜台付了钱离开。刚才那服务员来清理男孩坐过的桌子时，她忍不住哭了，因为在雪糕碟的旁边有15美分――那是男孩留给她的小费。
Third Lesson第三课
The boy took a simple ice-cream instead of a Sundae so he could leave a tip for her.
那男孩不吃圣代，只吃一份普通的雪糕，仅仅是为了给她小费。
If you have never experienced the danger of war or the solitude of imprisonment, the agony of torture and hunger, you are much ahead of the 500 million people who live in this world.如果您没有经历过战争的威胁、牢狱之灾或饥饿折磨之苦，那您比这世界上5亿人幸运。
If you have food in your
refrigerator, clothes to wear, a roof on your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than the 75% of the people who live on this Earth.
如果您冰箱里有食物、有衣服可穿、有床可睡、有房子住，那您比这世界上75％的人富有。
If you can go to your place of worship without being
threatened, arrested, tortured or killed, you are luckier than the 3000,000,000 persons of this world.
如果您可以去做礼拜，而不必担心受到威胁、被捕或被谋害，那您比这世界上30亿人幸运。